[Polynikes]

“No one has the faintest idea how he became infected. I’m sure that CDC flunkie will have a re-assuring answer.”

Probably went like this

Here sign these papers

Ok You have a pen?

Sure use this ( hands his pen over)

Thanks, Here’s your pen back

Thanks Your welcome. (puts pen back in pocket)

[Fellow Traveler]

One thing that worries me is different resistance to the virus amongst populations with a different genetic background.
Most people are familiar with the story about how Europeans brought their diseases with them to the Americas. This resulted in the decimation of the native Americans from nothing more exotic than the common cold in many cases. Ebola is native to a region that is far removed from Europe and people of European ancestry. It is possible that Caucasians are as defenseless to Ebola as the native Americans were to the flu.
The survivors of the earliest epidemics passed on their superior genes making each successive epidemic less lethal. Also consider that two of the countries where Ebola is currently active were settled by former slaves. Presumably they would have a higher non African genetic component to their population. This could explain why this epidemic is more lethal than past ones.